I stripped the engine completely, sent the block away to a specialist to be acid cleaned, honed, decked. I threw away every part that I removed and bought a load of new parts. Painted the engine block gold and then went on to assemble the engine…
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Stripped and cleaned engine
Stripped and cleaned engine
Stripped and cleaned engine
New Valves
New Valve guides
New bare head (There are 2 of these)
Head with valves installed
Head with valves installed
Head with valve springs installed
Bottom of head with valves installed
New rockers need to be installed
New rockers installed
New high compression pistons
New piston push rods
Pistons installed in the block
Pistons installed in the block, and block now painted
New cam Shaft
New hydraulic lifters
Water pump gasket, also cam shaft installed behind the top cog wheel. Drive chain also installed, connecting the Crank Shaft and Cam Shaft
Water pump gasket, also cam shaft installed behind the top cog wheel. Drive chain also installed, connecting the Crank Shaft and Cam Shaft
New Water Pump - Painted to match engine block
New harmonic balancer
Top and bottom belt pulleys installed
Top and bottom belt pulleys installed
Top and bottom belt pulleys installed
Heads installed on block
Heads installed on block
Heads installed on block with roller rockers installed
Heads installed on block with roller rockers installed
Upside down, new oil pickup installed
Upside down with oil sump installed
Rocker covers installed
Inlet manifold and carburetors installed
New 4 pot Edelbrock carbs
New thermostat for water pipe
Air Filter installed
Clear distributor cap (Watch it all spinning)
Looking good.!!
Polished chrome alternator installed, spark plus
Gearbox bolted on
Mounted in the car. Polished stainless custom exhaust headers
Mounted in the car